Photosynthesis Crossword Answers 56686w

Photosynthesis Crossword Answers

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2. Five carbon compound that combines with CO2 in the Calvin cycle to make glucose RUBP 4. Red, orange, and yellow pigments Carotenoids 6. C6H12O6 Glucose 8. Fluid surrounding the thylakoids in chloroplasts Stroma 11. Stacks of thylakoids Grana 13. Color of light not reflected by chlorophyll Green 14. Incorporating the carbon from CO2 into organic compounds such as carbohydrates Carbon Fixation 16. Water is split when light energy is absorbed Photosystem 2 17. Process where light energy is absorbed form the sun and converted into ATP and NADPH Light Reaction 19. Use sunlight to change inorganic substances into organic compounds Autotrophs 20. Synthesis of ATP during the light reactions Chemiosmosis 23. Complex series of chemical reactions in which the products of one reaction are the reactants for the next Biochemical Pathway 25. Energy carrier made during photosynthesis NADPH 26. Clusters of pigment molecules found in the thylakoid membranes Photosystem

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1. Flattened sacs in the chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll Thylakoids 3. Process used by autotrophs to make carbohydrates Photosynthesis 5. Series of electron acceptors in the thylakoid membrane that removes energy from excited electrons to produce ATP Electron transport chain 7. Animals and fungi that must depend on autotrophs for their food energy Heterotrophs 9. Process where organic compounds such as glucose are formed by using CO2, ATP, and NADPH Calvin Cycle 10. Substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light Pigments 12. Supplies all the energy directly or indirectly for life on earth Sunlight 15. Pathway used by pineapples and cacti to make sugars Cam 18. Organelle where photosynthesis occurs Chloroplasts 21. Openings on the underside of leaves for gas exchange Stomata 22. Environmental factor that can affect the rate of photosynthesis Temperature 24. Electrons released when this substance splits replaces electrons lost from chlorophyll Water